Cacowards 2018

The 2018 Cacowards is the fifteenth annual Cacowards feature, released by Doomworld on December 10, 2018. It was written by Andrew Stine (Linguica), Boris Klimeš (dew), Demon of the Well, Major Arlene, Not Jabba, rd, TerminusEst13, Ralph Vickers (Ralphis), and Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve). In a year that was widely considered to be one of the best in Doom's history, there were ten runners-up.

The Mapper of the Year award was renamed to Creator of the Year, expanding to include authors in other media as eligible.

Winners

 * Avactor: End of the Fifth Circle - Eradrop -
 * Dark Universe, Part 1 - Paul Dechene (Payload4367) -
 * The Adventures of Square Episode 2 - Bigbrik Games - (Official site)
 * Preacher - Darch -
 * Dimension of the Boomed - Stephen Wadsworth (Urthar) -
 * Struggle - Antaresian Legacy - Seongbae Park (antares031) -
 * REKKR - Matthew Little (Revae) et al. - (Official site)
 * Maskim Xul - James Caldwell (Obsidian) -
 * Doom: The Golden Souls 2 - Andrea Gori (Batandy) - (ModDB)
 * UAC Invasion: The Supply Depot - DooMknight -

Runners-up

 * Exomoon - Tomás Soares (Deadwing) -
 * Man on the Moon - Yugiboy85 -
 * Umbra of Fate - Alexa Jones-Gonzales (Remilia Scarlet) -
 * Port Glacia - James Collins (an_mutt) -
 * Magnolia - Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks) - (Official website)
 * The Alfonzone - Pinchy -
 * Ashes 2063 - Vostyok -
 * Demonastery - Nootrac4571 -
 * Doom 404 - Adam Windsor (Capellan) -
 * Cryogenics - bemused -

Multiplayer award

 * Quake Champions: Doom Edition - DBThanatos and Michaelis - (ModDB)

Gameplay mod awards

 * Guncaster - Maciej Banowski (PillowBlaster) et al. -
 * Netronian Chaos - Captain J -
 * GMOTA - Combine_Kegan - (Official site)

Codeaward

 * Doom Builder X - anotak - (GitHub)

Mordeth award

 * Total Chaos - Sam Prebble (wadaholic) - (ModDB)

Machaward

 * Mr. Friendly - Jean-Paul LeBreton - (Official site)

Most promising newcomers

 * Nootrac4571
 * Plusw
 * FishyClockwork
 * Nirvana

Creator of the Year

 * Matthew Little (Revae)

Espi award

 * Erik Alm